Comox mom marks six months since children’s alleged abduction to Iraq

WATCH: It's been six months since Vancouver Island mother Alison Azer began a desperate fight to get her children back. Her ex-husband allegedly abducted their kids and took them to Iraq. Now, Azer fears for her children's lives. Kylie Stanton explains why.

Saren Azer is a well-known internist from the Comox Valley and has spoken publicly about volunteering medical care to refugees in the Middle East.

After spending months investigating his children’s whereabouts, Azer travelled to Iraqi Kurdistan in September but came home empty-handed. Azer returned to the Middle East in October for a two-month trip to meet with officials and discovered where her children were living. But the children’s father allegedly refused to release them and she came home empty-handed again in January.

Azer is continuing to put pressure on the Canadian government to help get her kids back home.